First Citizens Bank announced that its Commercial Real Estate business has provided $47.7 million for Aspen College Park, a student housing facility at the University of Maryland in College Park.

ohn Galt Solutions, a global leader in automating supply chain planning to empower innovative businesses to make better decisions faster, today revealed the expansion of its AI-powered capabilities in the Atlas Planning Platform, including recently released innovative Generative AI (GenAI) features designed to elevate the customer experience, simplify complex decision-making, unlock productivity, and accelerate the discovery of key insights that drive business value across the supply chain.

U.S. Bancorp (NYSE: USB) announced today that President Gunjan Kedia will become the company’s chief executive officer at the conclusion of the organization’s annual meeting of shareholders on April 15. Kedia also was elected to the company’s Board of Directors. Current Chairman and CEO Andy Cecere will serve as executive chairman, continuing to lead the Board of Directors and supporting Kedia as she assumes her new role.

On.Energy, one of North America’s fastest growing power asset owners and proven end-to-end integrator of battery energy storage projects, today announced it has closed construction credit facilities provided by Pathward®, N.A. (“Pathward”) and BridgePeak Energy Capital (“BridgePeak”) to build its 160 MWh Palo de Agua battery storage portfolio across the state of Texas.

Hilco Real Estate (HRE) is pleased to announce the expansion of its New York City office with the addition of four seasoned real estate professionals, enhancing the firm's established presence in the Northeast region. Jeff Hubbard and Katie DeCoste join as senior managing directors and Christian Koulichkov as managing director, all focusing on asset disposition services.

Heritage Bank ("Heritage" or "bank"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Heritage Financial Corporation (Nasdaq: HFWA), is pleased to announce its expansion into Spokane, Wash., with the addition of James Krejci, senior vice president, commercial team leader; Timothy Engh, senior vice president, commercial banking officer; and Sean O'Regan, vice president, commercial banking officer.

Select Water Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: WTTR) ("Select" or the "Company"), a leading provider of sustainable water and technology solutions to the energy industry, today announced the successful closing of a new five-year senior secured sustainability-linked credit facility ("Credit Facility"). The Credit Facility includes an initial $300 million revolving credit commitment ("Revolver") and $250 million in term loan commitments ("Term Loan").

Stellus Capital Management, LLC ("Stellus") announced today that its affiliates provided senior debt financing and an equity co-investment in support of Northlane Capital Partners' ("NCP") investment in United States Drug Testing Laboratories Inc. ("USDTL" or the "Company"), a forensic toxicology laboratory testing for alcohol and substance use.

Oaktree Capital Management has appointed several senior investment professionals in the US to grow its asset-backed finance (ABF) strategy. Rana Mitra and Matthew Scheer have joined as managing director and vice president respectively in Oaktree’s New York office, according to a post on the asset manager’s LinkedIn page.

Abacus Finance Group, LLC, a leading provider of cash flow-based, classic senior debt for sponsor-led buyouts of lower middle-market companies, today announced the promotions of Sean McKeever, who is a Founding Partner, from COO to President and Greg Scanlon from Associate to Senior Associate, and the hiring of Jeremy Pak as an Analyst.

Ameresco, Inc., (NYSE: AMRC), a leading cleantech integrator specializing in energy efficiency and renewable energy, today announced the successful refinancing and expansion of its term loan and revolving credit facility. The Company entered into a sixth amended and restated senior secured credit agreement with a syndicate of lenders, including Bank of America, N.A., Keybank National Association, Cooperative Rabobank U.A., New York Branch, Webster Bank, N.A. and HSBC Bank USA, N.A.

Republic Business Credit proudly announces the promotion of Bruce Sarver to Senior Vice President, Portfolio Manager of its Asset-Based Lending (ABL) Team. This promotion underscores Republic’s commitment to expanding its ABL portfolio and strengthening its position as a market leader in the middle and lower middle-market sectors.

Cloud Capital Funding, a trusted leader in providing Factoring, Purchase Order Funding and Supply Chain Finance solutions to businesses, has continued it’s plan on closing a deal per week with the latest being the successful funding of a $750,000 accounts receivable factoring facility to a Florida based parking lot paving and striping company.

Party City Holdco Inc. ("PCHI" or the "Company") announced that it has entered into a stalking horse agreement to sell substantially all of its intellectual property and related wholesale operating intangible assets to New Amscan PC, LLC, an affiliate of Ad Populum, LLC, as part of the Company's Chapter 11 process.

Coral Capital Solutions, a leading provider of financing solutions for small- and medium-sized enterprises, today announced a $42 million annual factoring facility with a long standing business that manufactures and distributes a broad range of medical devices that was in the process of an M&A transaction.

Holland & Knight has further strengthened its Financial Services Team with the addition of Evan Kelson as a partner in New York. He was previously a partner at Mayer Brown. The addition of Mr. Kelson follows the recent recruitment of Dimitri Nionakis, a financial services partner in Boston.

Houlihan Lokey, Inc. (NYSE:HLI), the global investment bank, announced today that Bill Scheuerer has joined as a Managing Director in its Capital Markets Group. Based in New York, Mr. Scheuerer will support the firm’s private capital financing efforts across all industry verticals.

Barings, one of the world’s largest diversified real estate investment managers, announced today that it has jointly originated a $113 million debt package alongside affiliates of Apollo (NYSE: APO) to refinance the Westin Indianapolis (the “Hotel”) in downtown Indianapolis. An affiliate of KSL Capital Partners (“KSL”) has owned the Hotel since 2019.

Trinity Capital Inc. (NASDAQ: TRIN) ("Trinity Capital"), a leading alternative asset manager, today announced the commitment of $30 million in growth capital to Elucent Medical ("Elucent"), a pioneering medical technology company transforming the field of guided surgical technologies.

The RMR Group (Nasdaq: RMR) today announced that it has entered into a new $100 million senior secured revolving credit facility. The initial maturity date of the new credit facility is January 22, 2028, and it includes a one-year extension at RMR’s option, subject to payment of extension fees and satisfaction of other customary conditions.